Block for oiling-mops.



J. E. THOMPSON.

BLOCK FOR OILING MOPS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. $3. 19l5. 1,212fi23.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

witncom Jesse E. Thom won ETED STATE JESSE E. THOMPSON, OF KANSAS FACTUBING- COMPANY, OF KANS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOB T as CITY,

7 R. V. llIORRIS MANU- MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF IIIISSOURI.

BLOCK FOR. OILING-MOPS.

Application filed August 13, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Be it known that 1, Jnssn E. THOMPSON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and 3 State of Missouri, have invented certain new struction, combinations and useful Improvements in Blocks for ing-Mops, of which the following Oilis a full,

clear and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to floors,

ing mops for oiling casings and the like,

window blocks for holdand door and seeks to provide a simple and eflective form of block with an improved means of securing thereto.

Mops are constructed of fabric pands and contracts the mop that ex from alternate absorption and evaporation and for this reason V it is essential that the attachment to block be adjustable,

bands and hinged the the elimination of outer blocks will also reduce complication and diminish the difficulty of attaching and detaching the mop to the block, which is very desirable.

The present invention seeks to provide an improved block for mounting oiling mops, so as to compensate for the expansion and contraction of the mop.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved form of lugs for the attachment of the 0 With these and other objects 1n invention consists in, the features handle to the block.

view the of conand arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, the features of the invention being illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved oiling mop block with a mop attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a view of the block in elevation, with certain parts shown in dotted mentary view of the mop.

The block lines and a broken fraghas a flat triangular shaped bottom wall 1, from which rise the flanges 2, 3 and at preferably integral therewith, the

flanges 2 and support the mop 5, while the and 3 being to form a bearing for flange 4:

is merely to prevent the oil from flowing from the bottom wall 1 and onto the oil being applied the mop,

to the upper side of the bottom wall from where it flows to the mop between the flanges 2 and th e flanges Patented Jan. 1%, 1917.

Serial No. 45,279.

3. The flange 1 rises but a short distance above the bottom wall as the only purpose thereof is to hold a small quantity of oil at any one time. As the flange 4c is located along the edge of the bottom plate 1, it will be understood that there is a recess in the block from the end 6 to the end 7 of the flange, into which the mop may be drawn to stretch and bind it to the block.

Near the center of the bottom wall 1 of the block is the plate 8 provided with flanges 9 and 10 to receive the socket 11, which is secured to the flanges by the bolt 12, the socket being for the attachment of the usual handle, the latter not being shown because of common and well known construction. From the plate 8 also projects the lug 13 which is screw threaded to receive the threads of the screw 14:, the latter being shown in attached position in Fig. 1. The plate 8 is welded to the bottom wall 1 and is practically as rigidly attached thereto as though it were integral therewith, dispensing with the usual bolts and rivets which invariably become loosened and cause the handle to become loose or detached from the block.

The mop is simply placed around the block in the usual manner and the bolt 12 passed through the mop and screwed into the lug 13, it is obvious that the farther the screw is turned into the lug the tighter will be the mop drawn around the block, as the recess from 6 to 7 will allow the mop to enter the recess as the screw is tightened. This method of attachment is of particular advantage owing to the expansion and contraction of the mop from time to time, it being usual to attach and detach the mop frequently.

It will be understood that the mop 5 will not require the usual accuracy in the circumferential dimension for the reason that it may be made somewhat large so that it may easily be slipped over the block and around the flanges 2 and 3 and the screw 14-. will always draw the mop tight around the flanges and rigidly hold it to the block.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the details as set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a mop block, a flat triangular plate,

a flange rising from each edge of said plate,

said flanges each forming a concave seat to retain a mop, the central portion of one of said flanges and a portion of the corresponding side of said plate removed and forming a semi-circular shaped recess, a lug near the center of said plate, a hole in said lug, a mop surrounding said plate and said flanges, and a screw having a screw thread connection in said lug and passing through one side of said mop and provided with a head bearing on the outer side of said mop, whereby said screw may be tightened and one side of said mop drawn slightly out of alinement tightening said mop to said flanges and holding it so that it cannot slip upward or downward.

2. A triangular plate, flanges rising from and integral with said plate, each of said flanges forming an outwardly facing concave seat, a handle connection on said plate, a lug rising from said plate, a recess in one side of said plate, a mop surrounding said mop on said block and retaining said mop in approximately triangular shape.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JESSE E. THOMPSON.

lVitnesses JOHN P. THOMPSON, HARRY V. BERONIUS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patent:- Washington, D. C. 

